Lamp.



PATEN TED SEPT. 11

M. E. B. LANE.

LAMP. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 190e.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed January 29,1906. Serial No. 298,421.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY E. B. LANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Healthy, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in oil-lamps and burners therefor,and more par ticularly to the means for attaching the burners to thebodies or fonts of the lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide-a connection or fastening ofthis character which will be simple in construction, durable in use,convenient and efiicient in operation,

and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a side elevation of anoil-lamp constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan viewof the burner.

, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the neck of the lamp-body, and Fig. 5is a detail view of a slightly-modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the body or font of thelamp, which maybe of any suitable form and construction, but which ispreferably made of glass and has a cylindrical neck 2, formed at itsupper edge with serrations or notches 3, and an annular series ofapertures or openings 4, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawings. The lamp 5 may be of any desired form and con struction, myimprovements upon it consisting in providing it with an extendedWicktube 6 and a surrounding outer tube 7. As

- shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, these inner and outer concentrictubes are formed integral with the base of the burner 5, the inner tubeor wick-tube 6 being adapted to project into the neck 2 of the lamp-bodyand the outer tube 7 being adapted to surround the outer side of saidneck, as shown. Suitable apertures or openings 8 are formed adjacent tothe top of the outer tube 7, and similar Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 11,1906;

openings 9 are formed in the base-plate 10 of the burner, so as toafford the proper ventilation to the lamp-body and prevent the accumulation of gases in the same. The notches and openings 3 4 in the neck2 of the lam are also provided for this purpose; but it wi 1 beunderstood that either one or the other may be dispensed with, ifdesired. When the neck 2 has the notches 3 at its upper edge, thelamp-body Wlll have sufficient ventilation through them; but when thesaid upper edge of the neck is smooth and the base 10 of the burner isnot perforated and rests upon the same the openings 4 in the neck arenecessary. The openings 9 in the burner-base 10 may be omitted in somecases, but are necessary when the burner is applied to a lamp-body whichhas its neck neither perforated nor notched, as shown in Fig. 4. Whenthe openings 9 are provided, it will be seen that the burner may be usedupon any bottle or other container having a neck which will fit betweenthe tubes 67 By constructing the burner in this manner poor people areenabled to supply themselves with lamps by simply purchasing the burnersand wicks and applying them to any bottles that they may have at hand.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings I show a burner of the-usual form, which hasthe tube 6 adjustably secured upon it by a slotandpin connection 12 andthe outer tube 7 secured upon it by solder or any other suitable means.When the tube 7 is thus adjustably attached to the wick-tube of theburner, the latter may be adjusted for use upon bottles of difierentsizes.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, use, and advantages of theinvention will be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined by theappended claim. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with a vessel having a neck provided with openings forthe escape of gases therefrom, a burner having a diaphragm to bear onsaid neck, a wick-tube depending In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset from said diaphragm to extend through said my hand in presence oftwo subscribing witneck to hold the burner in place thereon, and nesses.

a depending outer flange to form a chamber MARY E. B. LANE. 5 around theneck and provided With openings Witnesses:

for the escape of gases. substantially as de-- H. V. SMITH,

scribed. D. J. SMITH.

